In which the writer expresses her excitement with many exclamation points!
I’m So Excited!
Thieves and Raccoons
The raccoon shambled like a drunk into the path of my headlights. At first I thought it was a cat or maybe a stray dog, but then I recognized its bandit mask and ring-striped tail. I slowed my car to a crawl, hoping it would move out of the road before I came to a... Continue Reading →
Twenty-Three
I have a very vivid memory of my thirteenth birthday. It was an overcast day and the living room in our house in Kirksville, MO was dark. I remember that clearly though I can't remember who I'd invited to my party. I know who must have been there, but I can't see them in the... Continue Reading →
The Rest of WFC 2015
Because I'm feeling lazy and it's been two weeks since I wrote about Day One, I'm going to go ahead and lump the rest of my experiences of World Fantasy Convention into one single post. Also, read Days Zero and One for context. Day Two I started the day by finishing a short story that... Continue Reading →
World Fantasy Convention 2015: Day One
Note: this is a continuation of a previous post please go back and read Day Zero if you have not already. The official convention did not begin until Thursday and not until 1:30 in the afternoon, so I spent Thursday morning writing. I'm well into my revisions so when I say writing, it's mostly careful reading... Continue Reading →
World Fantasy Convention 2015: Day Zero
Lately, I've been very invested in the music side of my life. I suppose this makes sense given that Summer is the busy time for the band when most of the festivals take place. But the last several days have been wholly dedicated to the writing side of my life. I didn't have any band... Continue Reading →
Shakes
Seven hundred and eleven pages. One hundred ninety-four thousand, six hundred and forty-two words. This morning I hand wrote fifteen pages over the course of two hours. I usually write ten pages over the course of a day, but today I felt like if I didn't finish this draft I never would. I didn't write... Continue Reading →
Hi Ho!
it's back to work I go! So, after such a wonderful awesome weekend of music and community and fabulous-ness, I spent today catching up on the work I actually get paid to do. That's not a bad thing. It was nice to have some me-time, to put in my earbuds and listen to music on Pandora... Continue Reading →
Train Song
In Bluegrass, there are a lot of songs involving trains. I guess that makes sense given that Bluegrass came about during the 1930s when there were a lot of songs about hoboing and working on the railroad and all that. I've been trying to write a train song for about a year now. I've had... Continue Reading →
To Read or Not to Read
Reading has always been one of my favorite activities. I wasn't one of those kids who started reading really early in life. My parents would read to me, but I didn't learn to read until kindergarten. It took me a couple years to get the hang of reading, but by the time I reached second... Continue Reading →